Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Cuphophyllus flavipes (Britzelm.) Bon
Synonyms: Camarophyllus flavipes
Cap Cwyr Troed Melyn
Hygrocybe flavipes
Hygrophorus flavipes
Hygrophorus lacmus
Yellowfoot Waxcap
Common Name: Yellowfoot Waxcap


A grassland indicator species
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Cuphophyllus flavipesPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Carex (1)
Poa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (8)
Built up area, domestic (4)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (3)
Grassland: acidic, upland (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Park lawns (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (23)
Soil (5)
Soil Mossy (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (10)
September (5)
October (17)
November (17)
December (2)